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Mom Crystal Russ Horace discovered this Halloween that her daughter’s love for her natural hair goes deep. Check it out; Yesterday I took my daughter to get her shots. I rewarded her for being a good girl by going to get her Halloween costume. She picked out a Barbie fairy costume that came with a...... Read More...

More unfortunate proof that people still believe locs to be unprofessional. 24-year-old Ashley Davis was told by her bosses at a Missouri loan company that, due to changes in the company policy, she must cut off her 10-year-old locs if she wants to keep her job. The story is bizarre because Ashley was hired just...... Read More...

Seeking to spark a discussion on self expression and acceptability in corporate culture, photographer Endia Beal has launched a photo series called “Can I Touch It“. For the series, Beal selected white middle-aged women, sent them to a black salon to get their hair done, then put them in corporate attire and took her photos....... Read More...

In a multi-slide feature for NaturallyCurly.com, cartoonist Tall N Curly has re-imagined a world where curly hair is the mainstream, and straight hair is ‘exotic’. Click here to check out the whole thing. And we do recommend it because it’s pretty amazing! But it’s this image that has sparked a conversation online: Seeing the tables...... Read More...

Click for part 1 and part 2 of this series. The past month and a half has been nothing short of a whirlwind of e-mails, products, and research. Compiling information about small businesses and their products is a lot of work — but rest assured that it is indeed a labor of love. I’ve “met”...... Read More...

By Allison of Naturally Twisted Hairstyles Additional material provided by Tyra of Indigenous Curls I don’t know anyone that doesn’t like compliments about their hair. Unfortunately, we natural girls hear things that aren’t really complimentary. Maybe it’s a straight up insult, ignorance or sometimes it is a backhanded compliment, and sometimes it’s just something that the other person could have kept to...... Read More...

via Strawberricurls.com Before I was a hair stylist I was a DIY kitchen chemist just like many of the women who subscribe to the various online hair forums and blogs. I lived for mixing and trying new formulas and posting pictures to my Fotki account to chart my growth. My passion for researching, executing, and...... Read More...

I mean no shade or disrespect by what I’m about to say. I know this type of post is off the beaten path for me, but the idea has been bouncing around in the back of my mind for some time now. And this won’t be long, because I’m not one to put tons of energy...... Read More...

By Sabrina of Seriously Natural Seasoned naturals do not know everything. No, we don’t. I bring this up because a couple of days ago on Facebook a poster was going OFF on natural hair bloggers, vloggers, and Youtubers for acting like they have all the answers on natural hair. They were labeled as hypocrites. I...... Read More...

By Sabrina of Seriously Natural Seasoned naturals do not know everything. No, we don’t. I bring this up because a couple of days ago on Facebook a poster was going OFF on natural hair bloggers, vloggers, and Youtubers for acting like they have all the answers on natural hair. They were labeled as hypocrites. I...... Read More...